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inflatableDodo on Aug 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Melting Greenland Is Awash in Sand

>How often does desert sand end up on beaches?

Well, it feeds the Amazon from the Sahara. https://www.wired.com/2015/02/sahara-keeps-amazon-green/

WillPostForFood on Aug 17, 2019 [–]

We get dust from the Sahara in the southern US as well.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/dust-sahara/

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